The United States has declared Libya a terrorist state, and it is under sanctions for failing to turn over two suspects in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Azerbaijan has said they secretly turned over two arrested suspects to the United States, although most reports suggest they were sent back to Egypt.

Air travel in or out of Libya has been banned since 1992 in an effort to force it to turn over two suspects in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The air embargo was imposed to put pressure on Libya to turn over two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The United Nations flight ban was adopted in 1992 to force Libya to turn over two suspects wanted in the bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Scotland in 1988.

The embargo was put into effect on April 15 after the Libyans refused to turn over two suspects wanted in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, in which 270 people died.

Since then, Libya has accepted responsibility, turned over two suspects and paid families of victims more than $2 billion.

The United Nations sanctions against Libya were suspended after Tripoli, in 1999, turned over two suspects to a Scottish court.

The United Nations wants Libya to turn over two suspects in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Scotland that killed 270 people.

Pan Am Bombing Progress Secretary General Kofi Annan said "important progress" has been made in getting Libya to turn over two suspects in the 1988 bombing of a jetliner over Scotland.